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    Contract dispute delays “Big Bang” production

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    This publicity image released by CBS shows, from left, Kunal Nayyar, Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons and Simon Helberg in a scene from "The Big Bang Theory." (AP Photo/CBS, Monty Brinton, FIle)

    By David Bauder, Television Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    Production on a new season of "The Big Bang Theory" is being delayed because of a contract dispute with its top actors.

    The Warner Brothers Television studio, which makes television's most popular comedy, said that Wednesday's scheduled first day of work after the summer hiatus was postponed. There's no word on when "The Big Bang Theory" team will be back at work.

    The CBS series is heading into its eighth season, and the studio is trying to hammer out new deals with actors Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg and Kunal Nayyar.

    Contract disputes aren't unusual at popular, long-running TV series, and CBS Entertainment Chairman Nina Tassler seemed to take it in stride when asked about the negotiations two weeks ago.

    "I just love being able to answer these questions year after year, primarily because we have successful shows," she said. "And when you have successful shows, you have renegotiations. We're feeling very confident that everything will work out. These deals manage to get done somehow miraculously year after year."

    CBS had no additional comment on the negotiations Wednesday.

    It's considered far too early for such a dispute to affect the timing of a show's season premiere. "The Big Bang Theory" opens its new season on Sept. 22. The show is moving temporarily to Mondays for the beginning of the new season with CBS airing NFL football games on Thursdays for the first half of the season.

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    Associated Press writer Alicia Rancilio contributed to this report.

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    French singer Patrick Bruel charged with rape, attempted rape and sexual assault

    Thursday, June 11, 2026
    French singer Patrick Bruel performs during the Victoires de la Musique awards ceremony in Paris on March 10, 2007. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon, File)

    French singer and actor Patrick Bruel was handed preliminary charges of rape, attempted rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment of several women between 2008 and 2019 and released under strict judicial supervision, a prosecutor's office said Thursday.

    Bruel, 67, denies the allegations.

    He was brought Wednesday before four investigative judges at the court in Nanterre, in the western suburbs of Paris, following a two-day police custody.

    The Nanterre prosecutor's office said the formal investigation concerns allegations of rape in 2008 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, west of Paris, attempted rape in 2010 in Brussels, and sexual assault and sexual harassment in Perpignan, in southern France, and Ajaccio, Corsica, both in 2019.

    The judicial investigation also continues into other allegations of rape, attempted rape and sexual harassment between 2010 and 2019 in three French cities and in Nyon, Switzerland, according to prosecutors.

    Some allegations that had previously been dismissed without further action were reexamined and included in the case, the prosecutor's office said.

    Bruel was released under judicial supervision and barred from leaving France. He was ordered to surrender his passport, undergo psychological treatment and post bail of 500,000 euros ($576,760). He is also prohibited from contacting his accusers or members of their families and from entering massage parlors, where some of the alleged offenses are alleged to have occurred.

    Bruel's lawyers said in a statement the singer would cooperate fully with the investigation and remains available to the judicial authorities.

    In recent weeks, a series of media reports, notably by French investigative website Mediapart, brought into public attention allegations... Read More

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